RankCountryImports of Surveying/hydrographic/oceanographic/hydrological/meteorological/geophysica ... in USD (2010)
1United States$552,268,272
2China$457,939,428
3United Kingdom$311,038,332
4Canada$187,499,328
5Russia$170,309,409
6Australia$148,137,242
7Singapore$129,260,270
8Japan$101,674,993
9France$85,453,469
10Malaysia$74,503,581
11India$73,349,273
12Germany$68,211,770
13Hong Kong$60,691,071
14Norway$58,500,180
15Spain$48,194,097
16Indonesia$47,734,037
17Saudi Arabia$45,503,524
18Italy$38,732,174
19Korea, South$38,491,955
20Poland$37,919,898
21Mexico$34,783,903
22Netherlands$34,198,209
23Colombia$30,924,386
24Brazil$30,245,615
25Turkey$30,099,468
26Thailand$28,313,328
27South Africa$27,514,319
28Switzerland$26,949,883
29Denmark$25,606,978
30Algeria$24,582,519
31Chile$22,181,016
32Vietnam$21,522,410
33Iran$21,004,780
34Sweden$17,245,044
35Pakistan$16,389,286
36Israel$15,336,000
37Belgium$15,043,696
38Cameroon$14,613,427
39Austria$14,567,548
40Qatar$14,409,554
41Tunisia$14,167,047
42New Zealand$14,143,352
43Finland$13,442,933
44Ecuador$12,783,176
45Niger$12,007,695
46Romania$11,618,091
47Suriname$8,541,080
48Venezuela$8,354,577
49Peru$8,308,361
50Kenya$8,088,804
51Greece$7,506,315
52Czech Republic$7,353,975
53Uganda$6,710,887
54Nigeria$6,678,422
55Ethiopia$6,292,005
56Oman$6,219,222
57Portugal$6,097,938
58Trinidad and Tobago$5,228,720
59Egypt$5,209,117
60Luxembourg$4,721,390
61Tanzania$4,372,265
62Belarus$4,181,000
63Syria$4,156,466
64Morocco$4,032,484
65Argentina$3,992,347
66Bolivia$3,666,950
67Panama$3,424,297
68Azerbaijan$3,339,870
69Ghana$3,120,581
70Lithuania$3,104,162
71Ireland$2,847,986
72Barbados$2,790,088
73Iceland$2,706,225
74Slovakia$2,583,638
75Philippines$2,563,141
76Jordan$2,138,174
77Ukraine$2,068,766
78Croatia$1,908,590
79Bahamas, The$1,849,019
80Dominican Republic$1,692,939
81Madagascar$1,641,997
82Bulgaria$1,520,084
83Yemen$1,453,202
84Georgia$1,434,158
85Kyrgyzstan$1,375,380
86Serbia$1,346,536
87Mauritania$1,342,855
88Costa Rica$1,324,291
89New Caledonia$1,297,027
90Cyprus$1,224,492
91Mozambique$1,118,168
92Cote d'Ivoire$1,079,924
93Estonia$1,016,948
94Bahrain$1,015,683
95Mali$991,199
96Bhutan$980,365
97Guatemala$973,421
98El Salvador$959,092
99Albania$943,547
100Senegal$940,901
101Botswana$870,960
102Bosnia and Herzegovina$803,563
103Zambia$752,711
104Malawi$729,109
105Fiji$726,183
106Sri Lanka$697,090
107French Polynesia$696,366
108Mauritius$679,708
109Slovenia$645,131
110Nicaragua$640,641
111Latvia$537,087
112Nepal$456,495
113Armenia$446,550
114Guyana$426,797
115Zimbabwe$392,728
116Cambodia$390,343
117Burkina Faso$381,523
118Macau$375,421
119Lebanon$356,944
120Paraguay$252,222
121Cape Verde$200,709
122Jamaica$197,890
123Moldova$180,115
124Maldives$149,613
125Samoa$130,232
126Montenegro$120,823
127Bermuda$113,494
128Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$103,425
129Aruba$63,350
130Benin$59,216
131Malta$49,354
132Dominica$42,103
133Belize$41,677
134Burundi$25,986
135Togo$22,805
136Antigua and Barbuda$5,186
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$117,704$142,527$888,798$1,276,006$439,651$943,547$2,264,493
Algeria$30,630,647$20,252,799$32,399,392$21,727,849$22,513,864$24,582,519$30,601,917
Anguilla $3,255$16,753$7,654   
Antigua and Barbuda$124,357$64,439$13,302 $7,752$5,186$3,289
Argentina$1,654,642$3,197,919$12,857,070$13,584,897$1,931,310$3,992,347$7,276,839
Armenia$129,365$47,693$809,785$417,592$152,131$446,550$255,157
Aruba    $37,422$63,350$116,084
Australia$82,960,848$112,379,218$131,310,379$173,561,838$129,493,069$148,137,242$165,244,924
Austria$7,390,573$8,586,964$11,553,264$9,175,164$10,542,121$14,567,548 
Azerbaijan$4,981,703$3,280,255$21,036,964$8,225,892$3,427,885$3,339,870$4,288,272
Bahamas, The$844,590$489,411$799,749$1,014,019$380,372$1,849,019$1,613,160
Bahrain$76,955$233,053$92,151$733,368$390,181$1,015,683$3,525,119
Bangladesh$465,103$3,671,395$3,782,087    
Barbados$224,765$370,700$242,215$696,783$632,884$2,790,088$808,150
Belarus$2,646,300$4,995,700$2,241,300$7,027,100$2,229,400$4,181,000$7,522,900
Belgium$7,355,529$10,206,424$11,922,544$17,850,228$23,450,904$15,043,696$23,557,834
Belize$68,871$81,812$36,919$395,027$64,520$41,677 
Benin$211,364$222,247   $59,216 
Bermuda     $113,494 
Bhutan$39,075$87,252$28,228$76,473$476,477$980,365 
Bolivia$3,973,372$6,003,232$5,264,485$14,191,076$6,087,782$3,666,950$10,822,997
Bosnia and Herzegovina$1,112,207$655,417$1,141,058$801,352$794,633$803,563$1,193,898
Botswana$695,897$1,029,733$1,805,553$1,309,581$1,371,781$870,960$1,953,775
Brazil$15,109,422$8,615,220$13,347,166$28,811,404$22,617,208$30,245,615$36,592,231
Brunei $580,011     
Bulgaria$1,391,735$1,382,700$1,368,561$2,272,837$2,920,807$1,520,084$2,166,004
Burkina Faso$420,375 $236,467$275,769$307,010$381,523 
Burundi$31,733$129,384$27,032$202,354$29,234$25,986 
Cambodia$53,833$339,550$4,652$2,281,349$318,886$390,343 
Cameroon$1,120,783$6,123,219$3,739,540$2,939,791$4,097,493$14,613,427 
Canada$103,416,311$123,783,077$149,446,319$198,580,629$116,457,763$187,499,328$255,920,546
Cape Verde$164,545$183,763$747,043$278,525$178,091$200,709$171,433
Central African Republic$36,369 $24,749$191,426$345,875  
Chile$7,072,584$10,461,155$14,833,654$15,357,373$12,431,826$22,181,016$30,420,479
China$292,840,179$226,630,552$387,819,171$412,021,695$427,711,490$457,939,428$479,415,511
Colombia$13,196,435$9,491,687$12,277,636$30,386,347$31,947,555$30,924,386$69,300,593
Comoros$1,515$5,784     
Cook Islands$2,480      
Costa Rica$1,907,786$1,781,128$1,576,468$1,167,801$751,441$1,324,291$1,997,703
Cote d'Ivoire$5,098,897$899,511$1,341,157$1,736,080$2,593,164$1,079,924$1,089,519
Croatia$1,948,442$3,277,468$4,480,829$4,712,445$3,065,909$1,908,590$1,903,557
Cuba$2,918,022$2,348,402     
Cyprus$951,008$1,228,367$1,395,697$1,818,501$1,583,375$1,224,492$15,193,647
Czech Republic$5,451,229$7,519,229$9,630,407$9,803,407$7,025,712$7,353,975$6,440,681
Denmark$23,193,583$24,687,528$31,468,754$33,149,400$28,141,822$25,606,978$32,221,140
Djibouti    $17,168  
Dominica$14,490$17,298$17,930$3,561$40,278$42,103 
Dominican Republic$148,898$518,125$686,316$928,611$310,461$1,692,939$647,741
Ecuador$4,393,840$3,391,723$7,626,558$12,842,133$20,017,399$12,783,176$14,271,031
Egypt$627,856$652,546$1,135,478$7,853,739$4,861,628$5,209,117$9,772,963
El Salvador$344,611$745,748$424,821$485,462$659,874$959,092 
Estonia$987,245$1,753,365$5,093,311$915,925$436,742$1,016,948$942,651
Ethiopia$1,617,092$1,293,032$3,255,132$1,105,093$8,985,432$6,292,005$5,045,265
Faroe Islands$569,095$858,309$1,253,126$1,125,485$631,157  
Fiji$845,758$1,155,262$434,510$597,557$697,636$726,183 
Finland$7,076,255$11,147,785$15,331,936$15,076,128$15,384,386$13,442,933$14,437,962
France$71,814,459$85,492,759$87,888,279$96,086,289$71,315,996$85,453,469$80,389,613
French Polynesia$1,149,294$750,621$726,802$914,827$602,007$696,366$476,813
Gabon$2,011,057$2,317,310$868,397$2,130,562$6,814,349  
Gambia, The$98,900 $22,582$122,376$15,527 $8,326
Georgia$1,163,004$1,351,511$609,957$2,962,832$893,183$1,434,158 
Germany$60,890,000$66,590,000$62,157,000$63,041,000$78,178,000$68,211,770$72,005,644
Ghana$334,246$909,887$1,171,309$2,208,514$2,045,562$3,120,581$3,920,467
Greece$4,910,901$7,177,814$14,460,063$18,042,992$12,733,713$7,506,315$8,366,509
Greenland$304,795$324,766$296,568    
Grenada$63,514$150,315$27,142$127,601$15,157  
Guatemala$503,419$1,475,435$820,809$3,114,008$892,884$973,421$3,317,419
Guinea$80,899$293,373$550,232$452,974   
Guyana$55,789$170,118$245,349$191,321$88,392$426,797$556,583
Honduras$194,451$571,834$209,805 $535,015  
Hong Kong$32,527,224$40,579,753$54,035,310$55,429,120$57,859,508$60,691,071$74,470,143
Iceland$1,373,709$2,692,510$4,611,888$2,285,891$1,821,928$2,706,225$2,119,294
India$41,381,170$57,050,310$106,577,317$117,730,008$84,710,337$73,349,273$74,821,261
Indonesia$14,102,655$16,853,493$28,867,491$31,195,332$45,816,002$47,734,037$42,198,254
Iran$12,053,978$13,075,367   $21,004,780 
Ireland$9,246,952$6,769,275$5,459,185$6,196,850$4,277,795$2,847,986$4,499,764
Israel$5,564,000$3,350,000$6,021,000$8,597,000$8,172,000$15,336,000$23,365,000
Italy$37,664,425$43,235,005$45,215,822$54,340,945$36,100,478$38,732,174$44,825,401
Jamaica$195,190$586,936$1,279,431$825,837$289,158$197,890 
Japan$51,561,962$61,262,780$62,721,594$63,581,401$92,730,871$101,674,993$89,829,522
Jordan$652,138$451,086$960,466$1,429,272$1,744,784$2,138,174$1,951,212
Kazakhstan$29,397,147$47,466,883$64,828,437$76,309,070$45,595,337  
Kenya$542,221$2,457,050$1,444,984$805,414$6,318,647$8,088,804 
Kiribati$3,819   $25,032  
Korea, South$24,820,677$21,788,587$31,658,674$35,357,878$39,239,055$38,491,955$38,942,167
Kuwait $3,601,202$5,058,879$4,822,314   
Kyrgyzstan$957,743$763,754$1,438,700$1,611,257$1,145,911$1,375,380$812,184
Latvia$2,567,310$4,255,509$1,991,748$3,962,441$597,686$537,087$1,765,916
Lebanon$259,000$478,364$1,084,862$455,226$567,802$356,944$392,937
Lithuania$689,603$1,574,970$3,325,632$3,593,346$1,105,437$3,104,162$3,316,517
Luxembourg$2,188,569$1,403,890$1,235,903$3,899,923$5,870,318$4,721,390$9,067,205
Macau$449,631$337,311$143,134$112,684$1,056,416$375,421$400,926
Macedonia$343,802$197,171$385,215$184,668$391,285 $612,329
Madagascar$252,028$2,075,703$2,905,164$1,450,979$698,780$1,641,997 
Malawi$452,977$247,280$447,644$270,783$108,318$729,109$269,213
Malaysia$60,348,394$36,595,018$49,677,880$59,282,860$60,832,101$74,503,581$86,449,331
Maldives$280,682$102,055$53,899$49,231$127,276$149,613$153,252
Mali$599,451$961,062$858,787$845,543 $991,199 
Malta$832,561$124,854$2,989,842$2,189,014$2,913,470$49,354 
Mauritania$1,644,606$514,711$1,093,604$260,055$1,510,026$1,342,855$7,671,140
Mauritius$357,148$236,215$200,269$418,542$403,638$679,708$629,725
Mayotte$34,513$107,593$135,352$130,129$211,590  
Mexico$32,023,260$33,579,558$33,155,916$51,977,021$91,395,072$34,783,903$51,071,974
Moldova$91,603$18,232$256,266$118,535$59,994$180,115$592,402
Mongolia$1,134,568$2,032,634$3,420,168    
Montenegro $156,370$327,232$282,455$456,595$120,823$174,735
Montserrat$16,324$71,913$9,532$22,710$5,243  
Morocco$2,322,275$2,005,135$3,570,052$8,236,699$13,867,824$4,032,484 
Mozambique$528,835$406,535$735,131$1,014,940$1,575,904$1,118,168$1,226,000
Namibia$498,396$627,305$3,254,436$1,015,563   
Nepal    $374,623$456,495 
Netherlands$21,419,819$16,713,793$56,854,011$61,633,004$47,933,425$34,198,209 
Netherlands Antilles$7,798$5,401$10,131$38,242   
New Caledonia$1,326,262$1,319,370$1,184,093$2,092,485$1,268,272$1,297,027$1,042,624
New Zealand$9,409,355$12,113,463$12,189,558$12,659,786$8,680,807$14,143,352$15,633,135
Nicaragua$145,910$225,187$392,267$818,938$1,320,156$640,641$1,174,384
Niger$1,274,637$13,090,553$1,265,136$3,944,316$40,211,087$12,007,695$12,142,846
Nigeria $2,482,196$11,989,061$6,528,262$9,783,802$6,678,422 
Norway$27,425,701$44,434,894$59,581,400$51,467,457$45,100,717$58,500,180$82,638,225
Oman$1,723,794$12,558,641$8,643,463$16,498,835$17,518,258$6,219,222 
Pakistan$4,492,922$12,785,596$16,611,452$25,195,449$10,297,908$16,389,286$28,250,758
Panama$586,934$872,868$2,486,438$2,782,318$2,281,788$3,424,297$3,605,411
Paraguay$69,080$48,570$92,800$347,501$408,871$252,222$231,136
Peru$1,730,811$3,910,889$9,465,190$7,379,481$6,437,076$8,308,361$11,746,778
Philippines$1,823,993$771,341$745,393$2,697,165$1,341,411$2,563,141$4,075,536
Poland$13,426,173$11,756,044$15,692,923$29,620,103$23,208,660$37,919,898$37,440,514
Portugal$3,393,084$4,367,075$5,908,664$9,055,125$4,392,739$6,097,938$9,495,143
Qatar$2,949,903$3,991,067$14,053,905$8,701,154 $14,409,554 
Romania$3,907,554$10,811,547$16,891,289$29,155,076$9,999,461$11,618,091$16,650,060
Russia$59,217,906$120,941,757$133,025,286$193,558,238$94,620,227$170,309,409$159,861,676
Rwanda$40,540$53,955$62,927$284,719$66,727 $1,804,701
Saint Kitts and Nevis$10,370$129,625$197,375$6,319   
Saint Lucia$62,729$32,129$57,370$397,103   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$19,680$18,733$11,520$215,605$183,526$103,425 
Samoa$90$16,430$13,798$40,874$231$130,232$1,377,469
Sao Tome and Principe  $3,871$5,083$564  
Saudi Arabia$23,532,521$30,101,933$45,902,206$67,775,551 $45,503,524 
Senegal$296,474$179,871$315,612$1,433,464$514,233$940,901$399,591
Serbia$1,493,375$1,941,229$1,507,664$2,673,563$1,227,620$1,346,536$7,367,036
Seychelles$505,960$1,686,845$1,229,291$1,040,526   
Singapore$59,864,974$70,528,087$121,657,578$127,548,160$117,473,113$129,260,270$181,887,088
Slovakia$1,644,591$1,968,681$2,181,274$1,856,810$1,578,896$2,583,638$2,577,715
Slovenia$750,934$579,009$2,184,252$1,929,618$946,417$645,131$417,816
South Africa$17,695,063$29,414,314$69,750,645$66,547,166$42,466,353$27,514,319$36,025,417
Spain$41,922,834$47,043,302$58,211,948$51,902,134$87,447,298$48,194,097 
Sri Lanka$1,721,844$1,082,337$869,106$4,667,483$877,810$697,090$3,684,018
Sudan$7,918,425$3,113,077$29,364,090$2,649,730$11,045,244  
Suriname$238,552$717,482$225,408$1,299,974$382,710$8,541,080$526,134
Swaziland$400,873$111,830$42,467    
Sweden$7,651,648$9,172,213$18,292,200$23,557,637$18,682,819$17,245,044$17,380,704
Switzerland$12,446,587$14,257,979$17,410,689$26,184,644$17,658,493$26,949,883$22,772,120
Syria$1,185,621$163,476 $56,224 $4,156,466 
Tanzania$751,713$1,142,859$1,834,258$3,074,706$3,436,250$4,372,265$21,041,654
Thailand$14,798,167$5,922,826$10,797,174$18,762,617$25,189,058$28,313,328$29,929,337
Togo$13,171    $22,805$54,421
Tonga   $653$53,987  
Trinidad and Tobago$4,179,697$2,856,992$7,900,871$5,796,578$11,475,062$5,228,720 
Tunisia$7,648,076$15,166,855$15,473,839$13,803,369$17,634,357$14,167,047 
Turkey$32,056,323$15,579,140$23,559,016$24,122,752$35,201,297$30,099,468$30,241,226
Uganda$2,737,244$659,926$1,042,270$1,649,771$2,332,006$6,710,887 
Ukraine$4,163,182$6,187,720$6,964,775$5,257,250$3,862,561$2,068,766$6,280,339
United Arab Emirates$32,345,450 $40,513,465$42,722,202   
United Kingdom$244,651,959$255,906,613$324,362,720$283,434,525$259,343,443$311,038,332$317,747,968
United States$375,241,531$474,528,094$643,512,124$642,374,854$555,311,866$552,268,272$716,577,814
Uruguay$407,613$1,106,534$750,515$1,344,123$980,250  
Vanuatu $100,065$111,794    
Venezuela$27,253,885$24,713,316$27,936,761$40,420,049$11,719,409$8,354,577$28,921,449
Vietnam$3,443,543$9,036,897$14,132,877$17,449,008$11,368,230$21,522,410 
Yemen$733,372$905,406$3,806,239$645,610$234,773$1,453,202$1,565,014
Zambia$1,600,201$349,589$619,152$698,644$288,400$752,711 
Zimbabwe$18,875$355,515$397,300$207,902$244,785$392,728